Beck reveals new songs count

In November 2007, Beck revealed the band had written “about eleven good songs — seven [that] I love, and four to six half-baked ideas we need to finish.” In an interview with Kerrang! , Palumbo stated that the new album would hopefully be released somewhere between late 2008 and early 2009. Details emerged from The Grixer in May 2008 that the album was “awaiting vocals” and “should be wrapped up and completed in the coming months”. In June 2008, Beck commented that the album would be released later that year.